Jayma Mays

“I love sneakers. I live in Keds.”

“Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.”

“I have a weird crush on Meryl Streep.”

“I'm a huge fan of Laurie Metcalf and Niecy Nash.”

“When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.”

“If everyone had a business model like Raven + Lily, I feel like the world would be an awesome place to live in.”

“When you're a little girl, you kind of gravitate towards all of the princesses and things.”

“I used to lose my keys a lot.”

“I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the funniest lady I'd ever seen.”

“I feel really content in my 30s actually. I don't feel like the wisest person in the world but I definitely don't worry or stress like I used to.”

“I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.”

“I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.”

“I say something bad every day, but I like to swear sparingly because it has more impact.”

“You'd probably think I'm schizophrenic if you looked in my closet.”

“It's amazing what a coral-colored necklace can do to a plain brown cardigan.”

“I talk about my cats all the time.”

“My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'”

“I love Britain. I'd like to work there. Maybe a BBC crime show; I love those. A thriller would be something different.”

“The other day, I noticed I'd arranged my spices in alphabetical order when I was on the phone, without even realizing, and when I was a kid I was constantly cleaning and organizing things - my toys, my sister's cosmetics.”

“When I changed my degree to acting, I almost gave my parents heart attacks.”